Resources We Recommend:

Addiction

The Lost Years  
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Years-Surviving-Daughters-Nightmare/dp/0977761819/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234998492&sr=1-1
By Constance Curry and Kristina Wandzilak

Authors of “the Lost Years” discuss their history: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ZNArCof8k
(full length version at:  http://fora.tv/2007/05/03/Lost_Years#chapter_01 )

HBO resource on adolescent addiction:
http://www.hbo.com/addiction/adolescent_addiction/

Addiction and Grace. 
http://www.amazon.com/Addiction-Grace-Spirituality-Healing-Addictions/dp/0061122432/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234998437&sr=8-1
by Gerald May

Self Destructive Behaviors

Cut
by Patricia McCormick
Young woman talks about her history with drugs, eating disorders and self-injury and redemption through Christ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFjEjODHmEc&feature=channel

Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back
 http://www.amazon.com/Come-Back-Daughters-Journey-Through/dp/0061567574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234998971&sr=8-1
by Claire Fontaine and Mia Fontaine

Suicide

Night Falls Fast
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Falls-Fast-Understanding-Suicide/dp/0375701478/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234999039&sr=1-1
By Kay Redfield Jamison

Aftershock:  Help, hope and healing in the wake of suicide
By David Cox and Candy Arrington

Prostitution

An overall primer on the problem:
http://www.popcenter.org/problems/street_prostitution/

Former male prostitute talks about his decent into drugs and crime and his life saved through faith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHRGh2EiEhM  

Street ministry reaches out to prostitutes
http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=04e506f5610496ab2f87

Silent film based on Luke 7:36-50
http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d49c6688a314eafb8e2b

Short news article on rash of murders of Baltimore prostitutes:
http://insidecharmcity.com/2008/08/28/5th-prostitute-strangled/